Since 1995, the Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness has served as the lead agency for the Pasadena Continuum of Care. The Continuum of Care (CoC) is a planning process implemented by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1994. As one of the largest sources of federal funding for programs that address the needs of people who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless, HUD recognized the need for a more coordinated, collaborative, and community-driven approach to allocating resources to communities. The Continuum of Care process is the process by which communities identify local needs, develop strategies, and submit a single application to HUD for funding for programs designed to meet the needs in the community.

The Pasadena Partnership is governed by a Board of Directors composed of representatives from the community. In its role as the lead agency for the CoC, the Pasadena Partnership promotes integrated, community-wide strategies and plans to prevent and end homelessness; provides coordination among the numerous local organizations and initiatives that serve the homeless population, and manage the CoC’s single, comprehensive grant application to HUD for McKinney-Vento funding which includes Continuum of Care funds and State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds.

Our Mission

The Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness is dedicated to planning and developing evidence-based strategies to prevent and end homelessness in Pasadena, CA.

HMIS Forms

To ensure privacy and consistency in documentation, the LA/OC HMIS Collaborative had developed a number of HMIS forms. Each participating organization must sign a participating organization form along with a user agreement for all HMIS users. Participating organizations must also post a Privacy Notice and provide a copy of the LA/OC HMIS Privacy Policy upon request.

Additional forms include Client Consent Forms which must be signed by each client entered into HMIS and HMIS Assessment Forms (including, intake, exit, and annual assessments).

Participating Organization Forms

Each participating organization must sign the HMIS Participating Organization Agreement and all users of that organization must sign the HMIS User Agreement before being granted access to the LA/OC HMIS.

Privacy Notices

Each participating organization must post a Privacy Notice that explains the uses and disclosures of information. In addition, participating organizations must provide a copy of the Privacy Policy upon request.

Client Consent Forms

Participating Organization must obtain informed, signed consent prior to entering or accessing any client protected personal information (PPI) into the LA/OC HMIS using the Consent to Share PPI Form. Clients that provide permission to enter personal information allow the agency to share client and household data with participating organizations in the region through the Interagency Data Sharing Consent Form. Consent forms must be stored in client records for auditing purposes.

Services will not be denied if a client chooses not to include personal information. If a client refuses to provide consent, the User should not include any personal identifiers (such as first name, last name, social security number, date of birth, etc.) in the client record; Instead, User should include a client identifier to recognize the record in the system.